Market commentary from JPMorgan strategists suggests that investing in I Bonds could outperform nominal Treasuries if core inflation holds steady above 3% into And while Vanguard may not be thought of as a hub for Wall Street bond whizzes like Jeffrey Gundlach’s DoubleLine Capital or PIMCO, its performance has been hard to match. According to Vanguard, 44 of its 48 active bond funds with a 10-year history outperformed their peer group averages. The SPDR Portfolio Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF aims to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index. The fund offers exposure to U.S. corporate bonds with maturities between one and three years. Treasury yield curves show that long-term bonds face reinvestment risk if inflation flares up again. Investing in I Bonds mitigates that by embedding CPI adjustments, a feature increasingly cited in 2024 financial planning webinars.